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Mr. Thompson currently has ~700 hours of field recordings stored on audio-cassette in his home, along with an additional ~100 hours recorded on video. This is surely one of the richest single troves of oral history in Eastern Canada – a treasure of both provincial and regional significance -- and Mr. Thompson has partnered with the UPEI Library to digitize this collection and make elements of it available on-line.

Unless otherwise indicated, all content appearing in this collection are the copyright of Reg "Dutch" Thompson. The recordings are made available for purposes of research and private study; reuse or reproduction for any other purpose requires the permission of the copyright holder.

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Ruth Herlihy
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Herlihy (Campbell), Ruth
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Herlihy (nee Campbell) of , PEI. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, home remedies, midwives and childbirth, life on the family farm, the railway, school and teaching, peddlers, The Brae, house parties and entertainment, radio, silver foxes, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01-21
  • Duration:01:24:10
Ralph Gallant T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, Amelia
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" and Amelia Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his family, his service in WWII, his work in coal mines, and his time spent in jail. Amelia talks about her family, how she met Ralph and their marriage, raising their 14 children while working as a waitress
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  • Date Recorded:1997-10-22
  • Duration:01:03:44
Oscar Campbell
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Campbell, Robert "Oscar"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Robert "Oscar" Campbell of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Oscar tells about his family and life growing up in Borden, German P.O.W.s, the Spanish Flu, working as a diver for the CNR and on the ferries, rum running and bootlegging, hockey, cars, The Singing Cowboy, and The Great Depression.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:36:08
Muriel MacKay T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about her family history, Christmas, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching, horses, chores on the farm, trips to Charlottetown and Summerside, cars, snowstorms, funerals, pack peddlers,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:01:03:33
Louise Moase
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Moase (Cairns), Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and
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  • Date Recorded:1999-10-29
  • Duration:00:47:36
Lloyd Weeks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
  • Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-24
  • Duration:01:35:37
Keith Pratt T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-24
  • Duration:01:03:51
Kathleen Cameron T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cameron, Kathleen C.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Kathleen C. Cameron of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about coal, farm animals, horses, going to the Union Commercial College in Summerside, her stenography work, different jobs she had, Brace and MacKay's, CNR, fox ranching, movie houses, traveling, trains, her family, the Harvest
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  • Date Recorded:1998
  • Duration:01:04:18
Jennie MacLean T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jennie Pearl MacLean (nee Maynard) of Port Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Jennie talks about farming, potatoes, wakes and funerals, Sundays, the Yeos, entertainment, Summerside, traveling, planes, mussel mud, courting, her wedding, her trip to Boston, airplanes, electricity, living in Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1999-02-04
  • Duration:01:02:53
Jack and Mary Rodd T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D.
  • Contributor:Rodd, Jack
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jack and Mary D. (nee MacCaull) Rodd of Charlottetown and Winsloe, P.E.I. In this interview Jack and Mary talk about their family farms, cars, foxes, Bedeque, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching business school, doctors and midwives, Sundays and church, the Boer War, and apple orchards.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-18
  • Duration:01:03:18
Henry Bishop
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bishop, Henry L.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Henry L. Bishop of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Henry talks about Bishop's Foundry, his family, his childhood, Summerside and local businesses, WWII, school, cars, his first job, working as a farmhand, radio, Christmas, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-29
  • Duration:01:03:50
Heffells T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about their family background, their parents, blacksmiths, horses, school, chores, farming, WWI and WWII, fox ranching, potato farming, Christmas, pack peddlers, cars, sleighs, and horse races.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:37
Harold Linkletter T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about plowing, horses, courting, cars, WWII, working as a taxi driver, dance halls and restaurants, Summerside, eggs, milk, wheat, ice, mills, fertilizer, picking potatoes, Christmas, school, sleighs, Art Linkletter, the 1956 ice storm, and
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  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:01:03:41
Frank Woodside
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Woodside, Frank
  • Abstract:This interview is with Frank Wooside, from Western PEI, talking about skating on Summerside Harbour, his family, blacksmiths, playing hockey, rink owners, rum runners, being a policeman in Summerside, and joining the army and seeing German planes. He goes on to talk about coming home from the war and being treated poorly, going
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:22
Enid Birch T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about music, her husband, dances, politics, blacksmiths, doctors and home remedies, going to Summerside on the train, local businesses, food, electricity, mills, chores on the farm, life in the 1930s, and various
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:35:16
Enid Birch T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about her music education, playing the organ, winters, driving, cars, movies, fox ranching, Summerside, the Titanic, WWI, her family, school, the Spanish Flu, blacksmiths, funerals, Christmas, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-13
  • Duration:01:03:18
Elmer Waugh T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Audrey
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Elmer Waugh of f Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. It includes his wife Audrey Waugh (nee Simmons). This interview begins with Audrey telling about her relation to King George III and Queen Elizabeth. She also talks about how she and Elmer met. Then Elmer tells about farming, potatoes,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:03:36
Don MacNeil
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacNeil, Donald Stewart
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Donald Stewart MacNeil of Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Donald starts of by telling about his entry into WWII and his beginnings as a pilot. He talks about the first plane he saw, his first ride, and the first time he flew a plane. He then tells about barnstorming, different pilots over the
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  • Date Recorded:2003-03-14
  • Duration:01:00:14

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (18)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (18)
  • Birch, A. Enid (2)
  • Gray, Tristan John (2)
  • Bishop, Henry L. (1)
  • Cameron, Kathleen C. (1)
  • Campbell, Robert "Oscar" (1)
  • Gallant, Amelia (1)
  • Gallant, John "Ralph" (1)
  • Heffell, Harry Holbourn (1)
  • Heffell, Marjorie (1)
  • Herlihy (Campbell), Ruth (1)
  • Linkletter, Harold (1)
  • MacKay, Muriel (1)
  • MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl (1)
  • MacNeil, Donald Stewart (1)
  • Moase (Cairns), Louise (1)
  • Pratt, Keith (1)
  • Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D. (1)
  • Rodd, Jack (1)
  • Waugh, Audrey (1)
  • Waugh, Elmer (1)
  • Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd (1)
  • Woodside, Frank (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 2003 (4)
  • 2007 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (18)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) WWII (18)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Summerside, PE (18)
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